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Ryan Knopf
Also filed as: KNOPF RYAN · KNOPF RYAN R · KNOPF RYAN RICHARD
46 granted patents·8 pending applications·143 citations·filing 2015–2024
97Inventor score
Files withSOFT ROBOTICS INC39APPHARVEST TECH INC7HARVARD COLLEGE2SCHMALZ FLEXIBLE GRIPPING INC2OXIPITAL AI INC1
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54 records- 0198US12053877B2User-assisted robotic control systemsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Aug 6, 2024·4 cites·20 claims
- 0296US11648663B2Soft robotic actuators utilizing asymmetric surfacesSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2021·Granted May 16, 2023·4 cites·20 claims
- 0395US11738471B2Soft robotic actuator enhancementsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 29, 2023·3 cites·17 claims
- 0495US10189168B2Soft robotic actuator enhancementsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 29, 2019·24 cites·27 claims
- 0595US10179411B2Soft robotic grippers for cluttered grasping environments, high acceleration movements, food manipulation, and automated storage and retrieval systemsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 15, 2019·20 cites·16 claims
- 0692US10118301B2Soft robotic actuator attachment hub and grasper assembly, reinforced actuators, and electroadhesive actuatorsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 6, 2018·10 cites·9 claims
- 0791US11179856B2User-assisted robotic control systemsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 23, 2021·6 cites·16 claims
- 0891US9956745B2Rigidized inflatable structuresHARVARD COLLEGE·Filed 2015·Granted May 1, 2018·4 cites·45 claims
- 0989US11110616B2Soft robotic actuator enhancementsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 7, 2021·6 cites·20 claims
- 1089US10974382B2Soft robotic actuators utilizing asymmetric surfacesSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 13, 2021·8 cites·11 claims
- 1188US10889004B2Soft robotic grippers for cluttered grasping environments, high acceleration movements, food manipulation, and automated storage and retrieval systemsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 12, 2021·6 cites·17 claims
- 1288US10093023B2Enhancement of soft robotic grippers through integration of stiff structuresSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 9, 2018·7 cites·20 claims
- 1388US9975251B2Soft robotic actuators for positioning, packaging, and assemblingSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2017·Granted May 22, 2018·3 cites·14 claims
- 1487US10173328B2Soft robotic actuators and methods of manufacturing the sameSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 8, 2019·2 cites·9 claims
- 1587US10046462B2Self-contained robotic gripper systemSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Aug 14, 2018·5 cites·8 claims
- 1686US11077565B2Soft robotic actuator attachment hub and grasper assembly, reinforced actuators, and electroadhesive actuatorsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 3, 2021·4 cites·20 claims
- 1785US11167422B2User-assisted robotic control systemsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 9, 2021·4 cites·24 claims
- 1883US12397445B2User-assisted robotic control systemsOXIPITAL AI INC·Filed 2024·Granted Aug 26, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 1983US11027423B2Soft robotic actuators utilizing asymmetric surfacesSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 8, 2021·3 cites·19 claims
- 2082US12145259B2Soft robotic actuator enhancementsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2023·Granted Nov 19, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2181US10702992B2Enhancement of soft robotic grippers through integration of stiff structuresSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 7, 2020·3 cites·21 claims
- 2280US11647692B2Gripper with tunable compliance for dexterous object manipulationAPPHARVEST TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted May 16, 2023·4 cites·75 claims
- 2379US11247348B2Soft actuators with tapered or skewed structuresSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 15, 2022·2 cites·14 claims
- 2479US10576640B2Self-contained robotic gripper systemSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 3, 2020·2 cites·16 claims
- 2579US10208925B2Soft conformal laparoscopic instrumentSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 19, 2019·3 cites·19 claims
- 2678US11660759B2User-assisted robotic control systemsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2021·Granted May 30, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 2777US12251836B2Soft robotic actuators utilizing asymmetric surfacesSCHMALZ FLEXIBLE GRIPPING INC·Filed 2023·Granted Mar 18, 2025·0 cites·19 claims
- 2877US10172602B2Soft robotic retractorsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 8, 2019·2 cites·20 claims
- 2976US11826905B2Soft actuator having a texturizable gripping surfaceSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2022·Granted Nov 28, 2023·0 cites·14 claims
- 3075US11752641B2Self-contained robotic gripper systemSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 12, 2023·0 cites·19 claims
- 3174US11731292B2Soft robotic actuator attachment hub and grasper assembly, reinforced actuators, and electroadhesive actuatorsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 22, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3272US10850401B2Soft robotic actuators and methods of manufacturing the sameSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 1, 2020·0 cites·7 claims
- 3370US11173615B2User-assisted robotic control systemsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 16, 2021·0 cites·16 claims
- 3470US11077562B2User-assisted robotic control systemsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 3, 2021·0 cites·14 claims
- 3569US12239078B2Ripeness detection system using hue color space and peak findingAPPHARVEST TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 4, 2025·0 cites·26 claims
- 3668US12275136B2Modular robotics systemsSCHMALZ FLEXIBLE GRIPPING INC·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 15, 2025·0 cites·14 claims
- 3767US11490071B1Depth and vision sensors for challenging agricultural environmentsAPPHARVEST TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 1, 2022·1 cites·41 claims
- 3867US10179410B2Modular robotic systemsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 15, 2019·1 cites·11 claims
- 3967US10112310B2Food handling gripperSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 30, 2018·1 cites·12 claims
- 4066US10028734B2Soft robotic retractorsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 24, 2018·1 cites·20 claims
- 4161US11161251B2Self-contained robotic gripper systemSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 2, 2021·0 cites·18 claims
- 4259US10946531B2Modular robotic systemsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 16, 2021·0 cites·15 claims
- 4357US2019309928A1Soft conformal laparoscopic instrumentSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 4456US11154992B2Soft robotic actuators for positioning, packaging, and assemblingSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 26, 2021·0 cites·19 claims
- 4553US11483976B2Gripper tools for object grasping and manipulationAPPHARVEST TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 1, 2022·0 cites·32 claims
- 4653US11389955B2Servo-pneumatic control systems for soft robotic actuatorsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 19, 2022·0 cites·19 claims
- 4752US10369704B2Base systems for supporting soft robotic actuatorsSOFT ROBOTICS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 6, 2019·0 cites·12 claims
- 4851US2023068237A1Gripper tools for object grasping, manipulation, and removalAPPHARVEST TECH INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 4949US2025113776A1Systems and methods for crop stabilizationZORDI INC·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 5049US2023097284A1Robotic harvesting systems and methodsAPPHARVEST TECH INC·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
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